Liberia: “It’s Not Going To Be Business As Usual” for Foreign Investors
Via The Africa Report, a report on the new Liberian President’s views on foreign investment: President Joseph Boakai brought a message to international investors on his first US foray since [...]
India Backs Port Deal with Iran After US Caution
Via BBC, an article on India’s urging of the U.S. not to take a “narrow view” of its port agreement with Iran, a day after Washington warned that countries doing business deals with [...]
Uganda Gives Belgian Firm Contract To Develop Bukasa Port
Via The East African, an article on Uganda’s decision to give a Belgian firm the contract to develop Bukasa port: Uganda has awarded a contract to a Belgian firm to reclaim land and dreg the [...]
Libya: Economic Savior for Ankara and Cairo?
Via The Africa Report, commentary on why Egypt and Turkey’s economic rapprochment needs Libya: After ten years of a consistently tense diplomatic relationship, Cairo and Ankara have buried the [...]
Chinese Port Power
Via Modern Diplomacy, a report on the role of ports in China’s rise to prominence in the world economy during the last four decades:. China’s rise to prominence in the world economy during [...]
Burst Oil Pipeline Risks South Sudan Violence, Economic Meltdown
Via Bloomberg, an article on the impact that a broken oil pipeline is having upon South Sudan: Pipe ruptured in February causing crude exports to plummet Lack of funds to maintain patronage could [...]

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WILDCATS AND BLACK SHEEP
Wildcats & Black Sheep is a personal interest blog dedicated to the identification and evaluation of maverick investment opportunities arising in frontier - and, what some may consider to be, “rogue” or “black sheep” - markets around the world.

Focusing primarily on The New Seven Sisters - the largely state owned petroleum companies from the emerging world that have become key players in the oil & gas industry as identified by Carola Hoyos, Chief Energy Correspondent for The Financial Times - but spanning other nascent opportunities around the globe that may hold potential in the years ahead, Wildcats & Black Sheep is a place for the adventurous to contemplate & evaluate the emerging markets of tomorrow.